Thank you for your article. I wonder whether what we are experiencing is a necessary Globalization change. The Globalization up till now has been about extracting resources and wealth from South to North ignoring totally the local and regional needs of the population in the South. At the same time a total ignorance of balanced relations to nature. It poses certainly new challenges to industry not only in the North but also in the South. Up til now industrial and agricultural development in the South has been (to a large extent) directed towards fulfilling the needs in North. To change this and at the same time keep the focus on Thriving solutions is a huge task. At the same time this might be possible with a changed perspective from BIG to SMALL, from Growth in GDP to Growth in well-being or Thriving.
All necessary and possible, Richard, but if we think about the instincts of people like Erdogan, Modi, Putin and Xi, the possibilities get seriously squeezed…
Thank you for your article. I wonder whether what we are experiencing is a necessary Globalization change. The Globalization up till now has been about extracting resources and wealth from South to North ignoring totally the local and regional needs of the population in the South. At the same time a total ignorance of balanced relations to nature. It poses certainly new challenges to industry not only in the North but also in the South. Up til now industrial and agricultural development in the South has been (to a large extent) directed towards fulfilling the needs in North. To change this and at the same time keep the focus on Thriving solutions is a huge task. At the same time this might be possible with a changed perspective from BIG to SMALL, from Growth in GDP to Growth in well-being or Thriving.
All necessary and possible, Richard, but if we think about the instincts of people like Erdogan, Modi, Putin and Xi, the possibilities get seriously squeezed…
I agree